Paper-cutter.



Patented Dec. l9, I899.

0. C. HALE.

PAPER CUTTER.

(Application filed Mar. 29, 1899.) (No Model.)

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PAPER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,231, dated December 19, 1899. A plication filed March 29,1899. Serial No. 710,894. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO O. HALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wood lawn, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Outters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for cutting or trimming the edges of sheets of paper, more particularly for use in trimming sheets of paper for photographers use; and it consists of a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts,to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved cutters. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same.

A is a cutting-table, preferably made of wood, rectangular in shape and of suitable size to be convenient for hand use. This table is provided with an extension or lug B, in which is mounted horizontally the bolt 0, a portion of the bolt being squared within the recess of the lug, against which the set-screw a bears to prevent the bolt from turning. D is the fixed cutting edge, secured at one edge of the table A and consisting of a strip of sheet metal, preferably steel. Mounted loosely on the bolt O is the cutting-lever E, provided on its lower face with a similar strip of sheet-steel F to form the other cutting edge for the shears.

Secured to the bolt O at one end is the coiled spring I), which is so coiled as to bear strongly against the loosely-pivoted cutting-lever E and keep same pressed toward the table. The other end of this coiled spring a is brought up along the cutting-lever and seen red thereto at a, so that this coiled spring serves two purposes, both to keep the cutting-lever bearing against the cutting edge and to hold said lever normally in an open position, with the pinf, mounted at the inner end thereof, bearing against the lug or extension of the table 13. The nut g on the inner end of the bolt 0 can be tightened to keep up the proper pres sure of the coiled spring against the cuttingknife, while the cutting-knife is curved, as shown, so as to give a shearing cut when the knife is brought down by grasping the handle 7L until stopped by the pin Z.

A scale G is provided on one side of the cutting-table, so as to gage the amount of the cut.

The cutting-blade F extends beyond the side edge of the cutting-lever E, so that the stationary and movable cutting edges will always be brought closely together by the side pressure of the coiled spring 1).

One difficulty that has been experienced in the use of such cutters for thin sheets of paper such as are in use for photographers work is that the sheet while being trimmed is very apt to buckle or curve as the knife is brought down. In order to overcome this difficulty, I provide a thin steel band or spring L, which is attached to the sides of the cutting-table and extends horizontally across the cutting-table, parallel with and a short distance from the fixed cutting edge D, leaving a space between the two. The edge of the paper to be trimmed is passed between the spring and the cutting edge, and the hand of the operator depresses the spring L on the paper, thus holding it absolutely free from any liability to buckle as the knife is brought down with a shearing cut.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a paper-cutter, the combination, with cutting-table and cutting edge therefor, of a pivoted lever with cuttingblade attached horizontally to the under surface thereof, bolt upon which said lever is loosely mounted, and coiled spring mounted on said bolt and hearing against said lever laterally to keep the cutting edges together, one end of said spring attached to said bolt, and the other to the lever to keep same normally in a raised position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a paper-cutter, the combination, with cutting-table, and cutting edge therefor, and a pivoted lever, with cutting-blade attached thereto, of a spring-band extending horizontally across the table, parallel to and adjoining the fixed cutting edge, with space between band and cutting edge for insertion of the paper to be trimmed between the two, substantially as shown and described.

ORLANDO O. HALE. Witnesses:

GUY B. TAYLOR, R. G. HARGITT. 

